Not to sound too morbid, but this is probably my favorite part of the Oscars, and it makes me cry every year. I wish they would extend it to include more people! A lot of the behind-the-scenes people's deaths don't get picked up by the media, so it's nice to acknowledge them and their body of work at Oscar time!

like when Corey Haim was ignored? I mean back in the day, he was good! His career `went to hell once the drugs started but if Hollywood killed him shouldn't they at least say good bye? (Uh.. that got my point across but was a little harsh. He was just one of the Corey's but STILL. He had a great early career!)

I would rather they cut down the time on acceptance speeches which 9 out of 10 are idiotic rants and useless diatribes. I love watching the memoriam because sometimes I missed their passing in the news or I forget that individual passed on. It's endearing and sad at the same time but it gives me a moment to say a little prayer for them collectively. It's sad that they are more worried about money and time than what's important…remembering the awesome work some of these people brought us.

yeah just cut one of those godawful musical numbers and take the time to list all the people who have died whether they worked in front of cameras or behind. If they worked in the industry, even if at the end their lives were in shambles, they deserved to be honored. The end.

Saying that the stupid jokes and musical numbers are more important is dishonorable.

A few years ago the number of people included was only 24. These montages are usually edited together about 4 weeks before the Oscar telecast. If somebody dies within that window it's usually a mad scramble to include them. If it's somebody very well known they'll edit them in but if it's somebody they consider minor they'll just say 'we'll include them next year' which was exactly what happened with Brad Renfro, however when the next year came, he was left out again.

Most of the celebs that are well known should be included, regardless of when the show is produced or when they died, or how much money they had. C'mon people, Corey Haim?! Farrah Faucett?! Those are ICONIC people from our childhood. Granted my mom won't know who Corey Haim is but she sure as shit knows Farrah Faucett! My spelling sucks, but my point is, the age group from 30 – 80 is covered in just those two celeb deaths! You can't get much more iconic than that!

My HUGE pet peeve about these at any award show…Can they please just tell everyone to hold all of their applause until the end?Then give one giant collective applied for everyone?It's not that difficult to do or announce at the commercial brepak to the audience.

I hats when there are massive swells of applause for some people because they are famous actors or whatever, then golf claps or utter silence for other behind the scenes people.It's really disrespectful. Just in general as human beings, but even more so that half of those dickmeods wouldn't be rich, famous, or successful if not for those hardworking lesser.known people.Rant over.

Farrah Fawcett was a major television star, not a movie star. The Burning Bed was a made-for-television movie. She did a few (terrible) films (Extremeties, which I saw in the theater and made me want to pour acid into my eyes, for starters) and that was not a reason for inclusion.

I appreciate the Academy keeping standards on inclusion and not simply throwing in someone who was a major celebrity that happened to have some film releases in their bio. Farrah was beloved as an icon, a television bombshell and woman who overcame typecasting – but she did not deserve to be honored at the Academy Awards.

they have a protocol for the clapping now. they ask peolple to do it in the end only. even in other award shows do that, or they cut straight to commercials after the clip with no clapping at all. and i also was out of my mind when they didn't include brad renfro, i was watching and when it ended i remember thinking 'well, maybe he didn't die and the news was wrong'.

I know what you guys are saying about the clapping. I call it the "Death Applause Meter," the last popularity contest on earth for these folks. Me, I'm at home clapping for every single person in the montage whether I'm familiar with them or not. In other years (not last year, since Esmeralda Spaulding was singing the whole time, no applause), I could usually discern a "winner" based on the amount of applause. It's a little weird.

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